Republican David Jolly edged Democrat Alex Sink in a special election in Pinellas County's 13th Congressional District last week.

Written by

Martin Dyckman
| Guest columnist

The secret to success in politics, like that of real estate (location, location, location), supposedly consists of three simple words:

Turnout, turnout, turnout.

That would appear to be the short explanation for why the Democrats narrowly lost last week's special election in Pinellas County's 13th Congressional District. Republican David Jolly edged Democrat Alex Sink by 3,488 votes. ...